4:30 pmSession IV (Remarks by Provost Ahmad Dallal of AUB. In-depth discussions about collaborations and interactions among the centers. Topics may include placing links to other centers on home pages; sharing lists and information;utilizing existing resources within host institutions; ways in which the centers might serve as conduits for linking American Studies, History and English with Islamic Studies, Arabic and Middle East Studies within and among the institutions at which the centers are located)

2:00 pm"Perspectives on Islamic Studies and American Studies," a forum featuring representatives of the Alwaleed Centers at Harvard, Georgetown, Cambridge, Edinburgh, AUC, and AUB, along with faculty and graduate students from AUB and other Lebanese universities, West Hall, Bathish Auditorium.

4:00 pmCoffee Break, West Hall, Balcony

6:00 pm "Building Bridges for Better Understanding Between the Arab/Muslim Worlds and the West," a panel featuring the six directors of Alwaleed Centers, Issam Fares Hall